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Joe, I'm glad to see you mentioned this book! I did not realize that it
replaces "A Century of Population Growth From the First Census of the United
States to the Twelfth 1790-1900," taking it up a notch to 1990! I will have
to see about getting a copy of it because I'm always touting the original to
my classes. I am always surprised to find that no one ever taking a class
from me knows about it or has used it.
Some really wonderful information. Yes, some statistical but if one
takes time to look at it, it is a gold mine of family data. Just to name
several ...
* General Tables, pg. 228 - 270. Surnames appering in the 1790 census, with
the number of heads of families in each of the original 13 states. A good
place to see if your family was here during that time and a great way to
eliminate looking in some states. Example, Wooster (various spellings):
The average size of the families is 5.3 (I usually laugh and ask which
family has the .3) but a great help to know that at that time there were 96
Heads of Families with a total of 414 all other members. But greater still
to elimiate unncessary search, while telling me how many families are in
each state, it also tells me to forget about RI, VA & NC where there were
none.The largest number shown is CT with 35 families and yes, indeed,
where mine are first found.
* Pg 170+ show the [full] "Names of Masters of Families in the City of New
York, By Wards ... 1703."
* I've used the small Table 58, pg 130, many times as I present the
immigration portion of my class: "Percent of distribution of foreign born,
by county of birth; 1850 and 1900."
* Other charts and tables can be equally useful, and it one but takes the
time to do some reading, a good general education for the census.
I encourage everyone to try to find a copy of the newer version that Joe
mentions - check your library's online catalog to see if they have a copy
of either edition.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/000506.html
Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Texas